Authorizing the expenditure of $11,816 by the Division of Community Development for the purchase of an Urban Statistical Information Package

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PROFILES OF CHANGE AGREEMENT FOR THE PURCHASE OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES THIS AGREEMENT, made and entered into by and between the City of South Bend, Indiana (hereinafter "Purchaser "), and R. L. Polk & Co., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter "Contractor "), W I T N E S S E T H: WHEREAS, the Contractor has a base of statistical data obtained from two of its City Directory Canvasses for the City of South Bend, Indiana completed on April 1, 1978 and November 3, 1979, and the cap- ability of compiling said statistical data by block groups grouped to census tracts using an address coding guide (hereinafter "Guide "); and WHEREAS, the foregoing has enabled the Contractor to develop and produce an urban statistical information package entitled PROFILES OF CHANGE (hereinafter ".Profiles Package ") consisting of statistical tables, maps and small —area profiles assembled into Databooks more fully described in Exhibit "A" attached hereto and made a part hereof; and WHEREAS, the Purchaser wishes to acquire the services of the Contractor in producing a Profiles Package subject to all of the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth; NOW, THEREFORE, the Purchaser and the Contractor mutually agree as follows: 1. Materials to be Provided. The Contractor shall provide the Purchaser with the Profiles Package pertaining to the geographic area described above and including approximately 42,200 housing units. 2. Purchase Price. The Purchaser shall pay the Contractor the sum of $11,816 plus any applicable state and local taxes, for the Profiles Package upon receipt of the Package and a proper invoice therefor. In addition, Purchaser shall pay the Contractor the amounts stated in any addenda which are made a part of this contract. 3. Contractor Services in Connection with Preparation of the Coding Guide. In order to compile, by block groups grouped to census tracts, the specific information to be contained in the Profiles Package, the Contractor shall perform the following services: